Body mounting



April 19.29- V c. J. KELSCH 1,707,268

Bow MOUNTING Filed Sept. 2, 1925 Unventot GZe'me'nZ'JeQn hielschattozneyd Patented Apr. 2, 1929.

UNITED STATES CLEMENT JEAN KELSCH, OF LEVALLOIS FERRET, FRANCE.

BODY MOUNTING.

Application filed September 2, 1925, Serial N 0. 54,144, and in FranceSeptember 18, 1953 The coachwork construction of the present inventionpermits coachwork to be protected from defori'nations of the chassisWithout adopting a special and heavy construction.

This object is attained by isolating the coach'worlr from the chassis atthose parts Where the latter is liable to be deformed the most; that is,firstly at the front part, and secondly at the part adjacent the backcross members of the main frame.

This isolation of the coachworkresults in silence and permits a lighterconstruction as only the central part of the coachwork rests directly onthe chassis by the aid, if necessary, of an anti-vibratory member Whichmay be of felt, leather or other materials.

The annexed drawing represents, by Way of example, one embodiment, ofthe present invention. 1

On the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side View of the coachwork and Fig. 2 is a back Viewthereof.

Referring to the drawing:

The coachwork 1 is constructed substantially in the ordinary manner, butis suitably spaced at 2, 3 from the chassis frame by shaping the frontand back ends of the bear-- ers 1 for the body as shown. The space 2 canextend for example, from the front part to the foot of the front dooropenings, and from the foot of the back door 5 to the back cross member6.

The body proper of the coachnmrl: rests on the bearers 4, its frontpart7 being arranged at a suitable distance from the dashboard 8 of thechassis, thus permitting play and an effective cushioning of thecoachworlr.

The back part of the body rests 011 the raised part 9 of the bearers andon the cross member 6 Which is fixed in the usual manner to the bearers4:.

As the back part of the body is loaded and is overhung, there is fixed,for example, be tween the cross member 6 of the body and the back crossmember ltlof the chassis, a supporting member 11, preferably slightlyflex:- ible. In order to centralize the Weight on the cross member 6 itis preferable to transmit the Weight of the side members 12, 13 (shownin end View in F 2) on to the point 1 1 situated at the centre and tothe right of the supporting member 11 by bars or rods 15 leading to thecorners of the roof, as indicated in Fig. 2.

A suitable space 17 is left between the ends of the cross members 6 and10 as Well as throughout all the length along which the bearer 4 isdisengaged and at every part Where the chassis could touch the body. Themovement of the back cross members of the chassis and of the front partcan take place freely and will not interfere with the movement of thebody of the coachWork.

I claim:

In a vehicle body structure, a chassis frame, a body structure havingbrace members upon its back portion, said brace members having theirlower ends abutting, means supporting the base of the body structureupon the chassis frame at the intermediate portion thereof, the rearends of the base structure being spaced from the chassis frame, and asupporting member interposed between the rear spaced ends of the basestructure and chassis frame, said member being in direct alignment withthe abutting ends of the brace men'lbers.

Signed at Paris, in the county of Seine aml State of France, thisthirteenth day of August, A. D. 192.

CLEMENT JEAN KELSCI-l.

